KATHLEEN A. McCULLOUGH 3121 ANNANDALE DRIVE PRESTO, PA 15142 412-429-8666 412-877-9118 kate.mccullough@comcast.net
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OWNER KM CONSULTING CORPORATION APRIL, 2006-Present
• Providing full service management consulting, accounting and financial software services to national management consulting firms, brokerage firms, engineering firms, law firms, and healthcare industry based clients. • Gerson Lehrman Group Council Member providing consulting to nation brokerage firms, financial services and consultants. • These services include financial reporting, corporate tax preparation, quarterly tax returns, payroll, accounts receivables, account payables, annual budget preparation, 401(k) management, external audit coordination, project management reporting and the preparation of annual overhead calculations and rate schedules. • Prepares, develops and presents PowerPoint training sessions and training manuals for client employees with the accounting software Deltek FMS, the corporate paperless project reporting process, and Penndot’s ECMS software. The training includes project management and budgeting forecasting sessions. • Installs and upgrades corporate financial software program including the Deltek Financial Management System which is a fully integrated accounting and project management software. These accounting functions include cash management, general ledger, accounts payable, invoicing, accounting receivables, payroll. • Develops and implements corporate accounting policies and corporate accounting procedures manual for clients and prepares training manuals to assist in the instruction of clients’ personnel. • Serves as client’s liaison with the Internal Revenue Service, bank examiners, corporate legal counsel, third party auditors, client auditors, and insurance examiners. • Streamline invoicing processes to increase clients’ cash flow.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER RADIANCE SURGERY CENTER NOVEMBER, 2006-FEBRUARY, 2008
• Responsible for the supervision of all financial and all management operations of an outpatient surgery center. Supervision and management includes three corporate entities. Financial management has saved $120,000 annually plus five percent of the gross revenue. • Negotiated and implemented the upgrade of all Advantix, Lytec and Time IPS software so that it is in compliance with Commonwealth of Pennsylvania reporting requirements. Trained administrative and surgery center staff with the updated software. • Installed and upgraded the corporate financial software program. The Best Software Mas90 Financial Management System is a fully integrated accounting and healthcare management software. Changed business reporting from cash basis method to accrual basis method for all three business entities. • Assisted in the preparation and testified at the Allegheny County Property Assessment Board hearing regarding the property tax appeal of the surgery center property. The property tax assessments was reduced $1.25 million of previous assessment. • Prepared all documentation to refute Internal Revenue Service audit claims. Recommended hiring new external certified public accountant to service all three business entities and to assist with IRS audit. Saved $500,000 to entities in negotiated settlement. • Negotiated additional free user licenses and negotiated software agreement for Medibis Software. The surgery center will be one of one hundred eighty nine surgery centers nationally to implement this software. It will be the first surgery center in Western Pennsylvania and third in the state to utilize this state of the art software. Implemented Zirmed electronic billing software. Notification of incorrect invoices within 24 hours of submittal. • Negotiated a third party medical coding contract with Nittany Services. To enhance billing, all medical operating notes are properly coded. The coding has increase revenue by twenty (20%) percent. • Upgraded hardware infrastructure to support an electronic medical records system. Presently, is negotiating with Source Medical regarding electronic medical records system and Source Medical’s Vision software. • Presently, is negotiating to acquire additional property to expand the surgery center. • Is currently negotiating with both the architect and the building contractor to correct a design and a construction flaw to compensate the surgery for its repairs. • Within two months of start date sound fiscal management and implementation of internal controls, the result is the surgery center is operating with a profit. All billings and collections are current. The surgery center is distributing profits to shareholders and to management on a monthly basis.
CFO/CONTROLLER MACKIN ENGINEERING COMPANY 1996-JULY, 2006 • Responsible for the supervision of all accounting functions for a multi-disciplined professional engineering company. These duties include all financial reporting, corporate tax preparation, quarterly tax returns, payroll, accounts receivables, account payables, development and implementation of the corporate budget and individual project budget processes, 401(k) management, and project management reporting. • Served as the ECMS administrator for Mackin Engineering Company. ECMS is the on-line invoicing and consultant services software for PennDOT. Presented ECMS PowerPoint presentation to Buckhart Horn project design team members and senior accounting department members. Due to success of this presentation, was asked to present this ECMS presentation to the Pennsylvania Consulting Engineers Council.
• Prepared, developed and presented PowerPoint training sessions and training manuals for Mackin employees with the accounting software Deltek FMS, the corporate paperless project reporting process, and Penndot’s ECMS software. The training included project management and budgeting forecasting sessions. • Negotiated corporate contracts including sales agreements, vendor agreements, employee benefits negotiation and implementation, and financing agreements. Presents these agreements to senior management for approval and presents benefits packages to the corporate employees. • Installed and upgraded the corporate financial software program. The Deltek Financial Management System is a fully integrated accounting and project management software. These accounting functions include cash management, general ledger, accounts payable, invoicing, accounting receivables, payroll, and all technical support of the Deltek Financial Management System. • Supervised the five employees of the corporate accounting department. • Responsible for the investment of all corporate funds. • Served as the corporate liaison for Mackin Engineering Company with its bank. Negotiated a one day holding period for all bank deposits. Successfully increased the corporate line of credit. The line of credit is collateralized by only the corporate accounts receivables. Streamlined the invoicing process to optimize cash flow which resulted in Mackin Engineering Company’s zero balance on its corporate line of credit. • Served as corporate liaison with the Internal Revenue Service, bank examiners, corporate legal counsel, third party auditors, client auditors, and insurance examiners.
VICE PRESIDENT CFM CONSULTANTS, INC. 1984-1996
• Responsible for all corporate management reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer. • Transitioned corporate accounting records from manual system to fully integrated accounting software. • Provided project management oversight to corporate clients. • Presented engineers’ reports, annual budget reports and fees schedules to municipal clients at public meetings to as many as 250 attendees. • Negotiated free tap-in fees from Consol for a major public water project in West Finley Township. • Prepared client operating budgets for the New Kensington Municipal Authority and the Oakdale Municipal Authority. • Prepared engineers’ reports for municipal bond issues and bank loans for numerous clients including the New Kensington Municipal Water Authority, the Oakdale Municipal Water Authority and the Marianna West Bethlehem Joint Sewerage Authority. • Prepared state and federal grant applications for public funding from the Environmental Project Agency and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania including Pennvest.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
• The Port Authority of Allegheny County conducted an audit from 1996 through and including 2005 for a multi-million dollar contract. Mackin Engineering Company received the only perfect audit recognition from the Port Authority. It was the first time an audit was conducted, by the Port Authority, with an outside vendor resulted in not one change to any record. • Dollar Bank sighted Mackin Engineering Company as one of the three best clients for the accuracy of its corporate accounting records. • The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania conducted an audit from 1995 through and including 2003. Mackin Engineering Company was commended for the accuracy of its corporate records there was not any material change to any of the annual overhead rates. • Served as a member of the Chief Financial Officers roundtable of the Pennsylvania Consulting Engineers Council for 10 years. • Gerson Lehrman Group Council Member providing consulting to nation brokerage firms, financial services and consultants.
SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY
• Proficient in DeltekFMS SQL Server Version 2007.1.01, • Deltek Custom Report Writer, Crystal Reports Version XI, • Best Software Mas90, SAP, Oracle and JD Edwards, • Lytec, Version 2008, Advantix, Medibis, and Zirmed Software; • Microsoft Office Software including Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Word, • DeltekVision Software and Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Microsoft Great Plains).
EDUCATION • Bachelor of Science Degree in Business/Accounting from the University of Pittsburgh. • Masters of Business Administration from Kent College. |